Using Particle Mesh Devices with the OpenThread Border Router

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Found this video about the main types of mesh networks.

Choosing the Right Mesh Networking Technology for Your Application

@rwb any idea if the Xbee3 have a usb version of their board.

Photon + XBee Digi MESH

[image] After realizing the Particle mesh would not fit the needs of one larger project I want to move forward with I decided Digi’s XBee Digimesh 900MHz Radios are a better fit due to increased 1 mile urban range, a stable platform with 10 million units sold, and from what I read can handle at least 128 nodes per network, and there is good windows software for easy setup and troubleshooting. These are more expensive radios but they are different and they have all the certifications behind th…

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Found this XBee Explorer USB Dongle Does not mention OpenThread so not sure if it is relevant.

Another nice tutorial How to Get Started With OpenThread | by jaredwolff | Medium